Since I got my Book Port a year and a half ago, I can't stand to do any reading with cassettes anymore. Call me inflexible. The Book Port is my freedom machine. Jim Nuttall Dean Martineau <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: This is a mini-rant. I haven't used many cassettes lately, but now that I have a BookPort, I'm digitizing some for easy portable listening. I got one today from the Library that I want to read and re-experienced the joys of a semi-functioning cassette, not being able to rewind the tape, trying to fast-forward on the other side with mixed results . . . The cassette was a step in the right direction in terms of portability, but I won't miss them a bit! Dean To receive concise weekly adaptive tech updates, send a blank message to tttt- join@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx